Is the Arturia MiniFreak Good for Classic Style Synth Sounds?

video upload by Bloom Music

Sounds only video below.

"Donald Jordan explores the Arturia MiniFreak to see if it's a good synth for more classic style synth sounds.

All synth sounds and music in this video were created using the MiniFreak. The synth audio was recorded direct and zero post processing or external effects were used."

Intro: 00:00
Architecture: 3:03
Oscillators: 4:28
Filters: 10:42
Modulation: 15:02
Sound Design: 20:48
Classic Style Patches: 26:45
Conclusion: 36:54

Classic Style Synth Sounds on the Arturia MiniFreak (NO TALKING)
video upload by Bloom Music

"The sounds only companion video to Donald Jordan's exploration of the Arturia MiniFreak."

Classic Style Patches: 00:00
Oscillators: 10:15
Filters: 15:06
Modulation: 19:26
Sound Design: 23:21
MiniFreak Jam: 28:43

Solton Arranger Plus (1987) Italo Disco Synth w/ Extras

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"SOLTON ARRANGER PLUS, fabolous Italo Disco Arranger from 1987 with all the 4 eproms bank!

It’s the little brother of the Solton Programmer 24: fully analog with the same PCM of the Programmer 24. We have also a rare copy of instruction manual and schematic diagram in PDF!

The Solton Arranger Plus is very similar to the Solton Programmer 24. Analog sound generation and digital PCM samples for drums! It was produced in Italy by SOLTON Ketron in 1987.

It has single outputs for bass and drums. You could also play all sounds via MIDI, MIDI-sync to other drum machines possible as well."

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Roland Jupiter 6 61-Key Synthesizer with Europa Mod

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"Very clean Jupiter 6. A full recap was done in 2016. The synth has no issues at all and works perfectly

Europa 2.0 is installed and works perfectly.

There are two scuff marks on the corners of the face, please see pictures."

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14-Voice Alesis A6 Andromeda

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"Iconic Alesis Andromeda A6 Poly Synth in excellent optical condition. Technically everything is working except for two voices (7 and 8 - see pic 3), which fail the auto tune process and thus get switched off by the A6. Probably this can be resolved, however since in practice I never missed having 2 less voices in this beast, I have not looked further into this. So in effect this is an Andromeda with 14-voices of polyphony, and thus the lower price."

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Black Corporation Deckard's Dream MK II Sound Demo (no talking) with Meris LVX Delay

video upload by Limbic Bits

0:00 Saw Pad
1:06 Brassy lead & pad
1:39 Pulse Sequence
4:08 Porta CS Pad into modulation
6:46 Fat Saw Lead in a minute
8:33 Duckface (HP & Sine)
8:55 More CS Pads
10:12 Lame Rave stab
10:47 Deckard's dream
12:08 Awakening Pad
13:05 Pulsar Lead Arpeggio (envelope speed)
15:45 Limbic dream

RF Modular 130bpm analog jam

video upload by Radical Frequencies Modular

"130 bpm techno analog jam with the RF Modular .
Dpvco here is used separately:
The Alpha Vco is for the ratcheting lead as the pulse out goes through the Scota Vcf.
The Beta Vco makes the square bass then through the SH Vcf. kick - snare and hats are analog and mixed through the RF Audio & cv mixer. The hats are made by feeding a noise through 12db multi vcf in bandpass mode controlled by RF Vcadsr envelopes.
Sequences and triggers from Beatstep pro . The RF VC adsr envelopes are voltage controlled in decay and release from RF Lucky Voltages .
https://www.radicalfrequencies.com"

Pitch Bend and Mod Wheel - with J3PO

video upload by J3PO

"In this video, Julian 'J3PO' Pollack discusses the pitch bend and mod wheels on synthesizers and how to use them with the most expressive technique.

Video Navigation:
00:00 Intro
01:04 Minimoog Exploration
03:53 Prophet Rev 2 Exploratio
10:49 Outro

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Julian has presets available for the Prophet Rev 2, Prophet 6, OB-6, Prophet 5/10, Omnisphere, Softube Model 84, Model 72, Arturia OB-Xa, Arturia Stage-73 and a free bank of 50 sounds for the free VST synth “OB-Xd” — all available on my website. If you're a Nord Stage 3 user, download my bank from the Nord Keyboards website. I have a sample pack, "J3PO x The Ox" (hip hop and soul keyboard and drum loops) available on Splice.

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Julian “J3PO” Pollack is a Los Angeles-based pianist/keyboardist and producer described by Timeout New York as a musician who “deftly balances virtuosity with tenderness.” Julian is known for his innovative use of keyboards and synthesizers in jazz, fusion, hip-hop, and electronic styles of music. Julian has toured extensively with the legendary artist Marcus Miller, as well as performing with artists such as Talib Kweli, David Sanborn, Michael League, Eric Harland, and others. Julian has worked closely as a sound designer with keyboard/synth companies Nord Keyboards, Sequential, and Oberheim, and has created factory presets for the Prophet 5, the Oberheim OB-X8, Take 5, Nord Stage 3, and Nord Wave 2. In addition to these hardware keyboard companies, Julian also has done sound design for Universal Audio (most recently, Opal, a new wavetable synthesizer), Softube, and Cherry Audio."

Negative Keyboard Tracking on the Waldorf Pulse

video upload by Tim Shoebridge

"This is a very very VERY brief video on the subject of filter keyboard tracking, which is something I think a lot of people new to synths don't spend enough time playing with, it can definitely add life to static sounding patches. And here in this video I demonstrate negative keyboard tracking using the rather wonderful Waldorf Pulse."

BLISTERED / 4 voice eurorack chords / stereo panning with Jolin ASHIKO / jam

video upload by BRiES

"In this patch I created 4 note chords with 4 VCOs. I routed all of them through Ashiko which is 'auto panning' the VCOs so I end up with 4 stereo pairs that's I routed through Cosmix Pro and then through a pair of stereo modulated filters for even more movement.
The VCOs I used are 2 x Generate 3, Even VCO and Moonwalker. The arp sounds are Filter 8 through 2 channels of Agogo. It's not a very complex patch but with routings like this it's important to tune the VCOs before doing anything else."

Best Ambient Synth Shootout #129: Soulsby Atmegatron - Song 1

video upload by Christian's Sonic Spaces

"This is the first song with the Atmegatron. It is a monophonic 8-bit synthesizer based on an Atmel 328P processor. The open source concept allows to install alternative firmware versions that increases the sound possibilities. This song used the alternative firmware Strings.

I used for the recording the following FX chain:
Atmegatron - Zoom MS-70CDR - Pigtronix Echolution 2 Deluxe - GFI System Specular Reverb 2. Depending on the recorded track some FX are deactivated

The signal went through a Presonus StudioLive 16.0.2 into the PC via USB for recording. To create the complete song I recorded consecutively several stereo tracks. The final song was then mastered with a bit EQ and compression on some tracks and some limiting on the master track."